Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

The national delinquency rate edged up 5 basis points (bps) to 3.53% in February, which marked a month-over-month change of 1.45% and a year-over-year change of 5.69%. That’s according to Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) first look for its February 2025 month-end mortgage performance statistics. Today’s first look at the data revealed that FHA mortgages accounted for 90% of the 131,000 year-over-year rise in the number of delinquencies , despite making up less than 15% of all

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Real estate doesn't lack lead gen options, Jimmy Burgess writes. It lacks execution. He provides a wealth of resources and the strategies you need to implement them.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Housing market forecasters projected home prices to rise in 2025 because of limited inventory and the release of pent-up demand as mortgage rates moderate off their highs of the last few years. However, recent data suggests home prices are trending in the other direction. According to Altos, the weekly single-family pending sales price has fallen in five states on a 90-day average basis, and other states are trending in that direction.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 21, 2025

Bill Pulte, newly installed director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has begun restructuring government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, firing Diana Reid, CEO of Freddie Mac, as well as placing Gina Cross, chief operating officer, and Monica Matthews, director of human resources, and other staffers on leave, Politico reports.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

As high property taxes continue to be a source of financial strain for homeowners, a proposal floated last month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to ban property taxes in the state appears to be gaining traction, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. The plan, while popular, is not without risk to the states revenue system, since a removal of property taxes would make the state far more reliant on its sales tax.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

The U.S. housing market remains challenging for prospective buyers as concerns over mortgage rates , home prices and affordability persist in 2025. With affordability shrinking, buyers are taking more risks to secure homes, according to HomeLight s 2025 Lender Insights & Predictions survey. Findings include 71% of loan officers reporting an increase in buyers who are willing to purchase fixer-uppers, explore unconventional financing or accept high mortgage rates despite long-term financial c

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Coach Annette DeCicco shares how this Maryland agent took the skills she learned from being a social worker and applied them to a thriving career in real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

One of the biggest housing stories so far this year is Rocket s pending acquisition of Redfin. That acquisition also kicked off a new battle between Rocket and Zillow over who will get to the consumer first and serve them best through a housing ‘super app.’ In a presentation for investors , Rocket outlined how its acquisition of Redfin will help the company create a more seamless and affordable way for consumers to transact real estate, showing how it will take consumers from the h

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Real Estate News

MARCH 21, 2025

Buyer agreements are a good thing, Alabama Realtors CEO says, but the law, inspired in part by the DOJ, gives consumers and agents more time to negotiate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) was one of the more bullish forecasters of the 2025 housing market, but the trade group has revised its outlook. In its quarterly NAR Real Estate Forecast Summit Update, economists Lawrence Yun and Nadia Evangelou said they now expect existing-home sales to rise by 6% relative to 2024 and finish at 4.3 million in 2025.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

As Washington cities undergo significant upzoning this year, timing of the firm's partnership with the AI platform that can predict what sellers might enter the market soon and identify areas ripe for redevelopment couldn't be better.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Alabama governor Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that ensures homebuyers only have to sign a buyer brokerage agreement prior to submitting an offer on a property and not before touring a home with an agent. Ivey signed the bill into law on Tuesday after it passed the state Senate earlier this month. The bill was first introduced in early February when it was sponsored in the Alabama House of Representatives by State Representative Randall Shedd (R-Cullman).

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Top agents are winning a greater share of listings in the wake of NAR's commission settlement last year, with high-performers holding 42.64 percent of all listings, new data from tech firm Relitix shows.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Cannae Holdings Inc., the investment firm led by Fidelity National Financial (FNF) founder and Chairman William Foley II, is facing accusations of poor governance and a lack of strategic focus from activist investor Carronade Capital Management. Carronade points to actions it claims have contributed to a loss of almost $1 billion in shareholder value.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Among those dismissed were Freddie Mac CEO Diana Reid and Head of Human Resources Dionne Wallace Oakley. FHFA COO Gina Cross and HR Director Monic Matthews were placed on leave.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

The public-private partnership that exists between city officials and nonprofit leaders in Dallas is an encouraging sign on how to deal with the homelessness crisis, and it could be worthy of replication on a national level. This is according to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner , who journeyed to the city this week to discuss the issue.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Commercial construction technology company BuildOps has arrived at unicorn" status a valuation of $1 billion upon closing a Series C round of funding totaling $127 million.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

Despite having lower overall volumes when compared to the forward mortgage business, Liberty Reverse Mortgage remains one of the more profitable segments of parent company Onity Group s portfolio, according to information shared by executive leaders at a recent investor presentation. At this month’s Sidoti Virtual Investor Conference, Onity leaders including CEO Glen Messina and chief financial officer Sean ONeil offered details about the companys performance over the past several years.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

When it comes to the Clear Cooperation Policy, the risks aren't worth the rewards and the potential for further litigation, coach Darryl Davis writes.

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JMV Lending

MARCH 21, 2025

I worked next door to a crotchety old RE/MAX agent for ten years and we used to bet on the ultimate sales price of upcoming listings. I was always quite certain Id win because of my vast appraiser knowledge. But I not only lost every time, I was often stunned by the accuracy of Mr. Crotchety who was extremely active in the local market. The post Appraiser vs Seasoned Agent: Whose Value Estimate Is More Accurate?

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Marci James' Proptech Marketing Guide series continues with strategies for building brand authority with earned media opportunities.

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Eyes on Housing

MARCH 21, 2025

Higher interest rates and tight financial lending conditions have led to a decline in loans for new home construction. The total volume of acquisition, development, and construction (AD&C) loans outstanding from FDIC-insured institutions fell 1.02% to $490.7 billion, the third straight quarterly decline. The level of 1-4 residential construction loans, which include loans for the.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 21, 2025

Mike Hutchins, an economist, author and Freddie Mac exec since 2013, steps into the interim CEO role for the second time in a year after Diana Reid is let go.

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Mortgagebroker News

MARCH 21, 2025

Home prices are now exceeding $1 million in major cities

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 21, 2025

The housing market saw significant softening in February, with inventory rising, demand shrinking, and buyers regaining more control while sellers find themselves in a tough position.

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Mortgagebroker News

MARCH 21, 2025

Luck comes nearly 20 years after retirement

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 21, 2025

I want to build wealth through real estate, and I’m guessing you do too. But traditional real estate investing is not always convenient and easy to start into.

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Mortgagebroker News

MARCH 21, 2025

Regulatory approval granted to move the sale forward

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 21, 2025

My BiggerPockets forum post got some buzz when I published data on whether blue states appreciate more than red.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 21, 2025

Top 25 Hottest Towns in Massachusetts in 2024 The Lamacchia Realty 25 Hottest Towns report is in! We look at every town in Massachusetts and take the Top 25 with the most growth in the number of sales when compared to last year. To make this list there has to be a minimum of 200 sales in 2023 including single families, condos, and multi-families. We also look at the median prices of each town.

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 21, 2025

Anyone can analyze a rental property, but if youre not careful, its easy to overlook significant costs that wipe out your cash flow and put you in the red.

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